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Functional quorum sensing systems are maintained during chronic Burkholderia cepacia complex infections in patients with cystic fibrosis.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2011
McKeon Suzanne A, Nguyen David T, Viteri Duber F, Zlosnik James E A, Sokol Pamela A
Abstract excerpt
Quorum sensing (QS) contributes to the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cepacia complex lung infections. P. aeruginosa QS mutants are frequently isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis. The objective of this study was to determine whether similar adaptations occur over tim...
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